Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Squeeze Out Some 'Totally Rad' Solar Comedones
• Dr. Pimple Popper used tiny tweezers to uproot ingrown hair follicles that resemble blackheads.
• The marks are solar comedos, which can be caused by years of sun exposure.
• Resulting from sun exposure over a lifetime, the condition is common in older patients.
Dr. Pimple Popper said a farewell to summer by taking out a few cysts known as solar comedos, follicles misshapen by sun exposure in her latest video. The TLC host, Dr. Sandra Lee, MD, used a set of tiny tweezers to root out the frustratingly short hair follicles on the patient’s nose and cheek, demolishing the blackheads in her path.
The video is about a 3 (of 10) on the gross-out scale, a 7 on the vicariously experienced pain measure and an 8 on the demonstration of skill ruler. (Those hairs are tiny!)
“Let’s see if I can get this one little that is driving me crazy,” Lee says, as she alternates between putting pressure on the skin to the side and grasping the follicle on her tweezers for a yank. “They’re like little filaments; they’re like little hairs under there.”
Solar comedos are deep furrows of blocked follicles, often caused by years of sun exposure. (Tobacco smoking is another suspected cause.) The skin can take on a yellowed, dotted appearance. They often manifests in older patients and are no doubt more common in the sunlit inland California region that Dr. Pimple Popper calls home.
Happy Labor Day, everyone! Here's a reminder to bring the sunscreen!
Watch the video here:
A post shared by Sandra Lee, MD, FAAD, FAACS (@drpimplepopper) on Aug 30, 2019 at 4:23pm PDT
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